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Friday’s back pages: Death threats for Lord Coe, and Jose Mourinho ‘should face jail’

Published 23:31 4 Aug 2016 BST

Simon Lloyd
Friday’s back pages: Death threats for Lord Coe, and Jose Mourinho ‘should face jail’

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Can't wait until morning to see which stories feature on tomorrow's back pages? Fear not, JOE reader, your problem is solved.

Although you don't exactly need a flux capacitor to paste a few tweeted images of tomorrow's sports headlines, at least we're giving you the gist of Friday's paper talk a few hours early. Let's crack on... Daily Mirror Mirror Sport lead with a ticking off for Jose Mourinho over his handling of Bastian Schweinsteiger, coming courtesy of FifPro member and ex-player Dejan Stefanovic. According to him, Mourinho's 'bullying' is worthy of jail time. https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/761315071444344832 The Sun Also looking at the story, The Sun go with the Jose to prison story... https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/761313971664261120 Daily Star ...as do the Star. https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/761313593266700288 Daily Mail With the Olympic Games on the horizon, the Mail discuss how Lord Coe has received death threats lately, believed to be linked to the banning of Russian athletes from the Games. That's the spirit. https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/761314347322925056 The Guardian Also focusing on the Olympics, an article by Owen Gibson dominates the Guardian's sports page, pondering if sport can lift the Games from its recent doping scandals. https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/761314672322678785 The Times The Times also focus on Rio with a story about how Brazil 'halted doping tests' before the Games. https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/761313550941954048 The Telegraph Breaking the Mourinho / Olympics theme comes this from the Telegraph, focusing on a difficult day for England's cricketers in the Third Test against Pakistan. https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/761313566553178112 thumbnail_SNAPCHATUK

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Friday's back pages: Death threats for Lord Coe, and Jose Mourinho 'should face jail'